[nf-next PATCH v2 2/2] netfilter: xt_recent: Lift restrictions on max hitcount value

[Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>]

Support tracking of up to 65535 packets per table entry instead of just
255 to better facilitate longer term tracking or higher throughput
scenarios.

Requested-by: Fabio <pedretti.fabio@gmail.com>
Link: https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1745
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
---
 net/netfilter/xt_recent.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
index 60259280b2d5..588a5e6ad899 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_list_gid, "default owning group of /proc/net/xt_recent/* fil
 /* retained for backwards compatibility */
 static unsigned int ip_pkt_list_tot __read_mostly;
 module_param(ip_pkt_list_tot, uint, 0400);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_pkt_list_tot, "number of packets per IP address to remember (max. 255)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_pkt_list_tot, "number of packets per IP address to remember (max. 65535)");
 
-#define XT_RECENT_MAX_NSTAMPS	256
+#define XT_RECENT_MAX_NSTAMPS	65536
 
 struct recent_entry {
 	struct list_head	list;
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ struct recent_entry {
 	union nf_inet_addr	addr;
 	u_int16_t		family;
 	u_int8_t		ttl;
-	u_int8_t		index;
-	u_int8_t		nstamps;
+	u_int16_t		index;
+	u_int16_t		nstamps;
 	unsigned long		stamps[];
 };
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct recent_table {
 	union nf_inet_addr	mask;
 	unsigned int		refcnt;
 	unsigned int		entries;
-	u8			nstamps_max_mask;
+	u_int16_t		nstamps_max_mask;
 	struct list_head	lru_list;
 	struct list_head	iphash[];
 };
-- 
2.43.0